• Location: Santa Ponça beach
• Title: Búsqueme a esa chica
• Year: 1964
• Director: Fernando Palacios
• Main cast: Marisol & Dúo Dinámico

Santa Ponça beach was the setting for one of the most memorable musical encounters in Spanish cinema of the 1960s. In 1964, the sun-drenched beach of Santa Ponça became the natural backdrop for Búsqueme a esa chica (also known as Los novios de Marisol), a film that captured the effervescence of burgeoning tourism and the joy of Mediterranean holidays.

Marisol and the Dúo Dinámico: A meeting of three icons

This sandy beach witnessed the talent of the great star of the moment, Marisol, who, in the midst of her transition into her teenage years, shared the stage with the national pop idols: Ramón Arcusa and Manuel de la Calva, members of the Dúo Dinámico. In the film, Marisol plays a young woman who sings to help her father and who meets Tony and Mario (the Dúo Dinámico), two students from Madrid, at a campsite in Mallorca. Together, they filled the setting with rhythm and songs before the eyes of the tourists who were already beginning to populate our coasts.
Filmed amidst sand and pine trees

The plot uses Santa Ponça beach to portray the freedom and charm of outdoor life. The film shows a spontaneous Marisol dreaming of success while enjoying the sun and sea of ​​Calvià. The scenes filmed here perfectly reflect the visual richness of the municipality: from the vast expanse of the sandy beach to the welcoming shade of its pine trees.

Directed by Fernando Palacios, the film is an emotional and musical journey that culminates in the protagonist’s triumph after overcoming sabotage and misunderstandings. Búsqueme a esa chica was not only a box office success but also served as a magnificent window to the world, showcasing the modernity of Mallorca and the beauty of its bays.
Walk along this promenade today and let the breeze carry the echoes of those melodies that made Santa Ponça an icon of Spanish musical film history.